Which, Wisdom Or Knowledge
“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the world, and lose his own soul?” (Mark 8:36)
Which, Wisdom / Knowledge?
Man’s lures are his personal achievements, once gained.
His 'existential stance toward life', if maintained.
‘Vanity of vanities’ that depress.
This is where silence ('oblivion') and forgetfulness exist.
The ‘consensus of scholars’ supposition this as ‘weariness of the flesh’.
A ‘disquisition on life that tells us’ “vanity of vanities, all is vanity”.
Idolatry of the material world manifests abandonment in the belief in God.
What a world formed where norm becomes infused with “cruelty, ultimate injustice, frustration, no truth or meaning.”
Where life is without reasoning.
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Inspired by The Terror of Existence: From Ecclesiastes to Theatre of the Absurd Kindle Edition by Theodore Dalrymple (Author), Kenneth Francis (Author)
Copyright © Verlena S. Walker | Year Posted 2019
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